Image
Category
Collection
Maker
On Display
Object type
Place
Material
Date

Laennec's stethoscope

1815-1825

Phrenological head

1821

Stanhope square demonstrator, c.1805.

circa 1805

Ready reckoner for ship's cargoes

1807

Stipple-engraved portrait of Benjamin Martin

1815

Slide rule for exchange of weights and measures

1815

Sample of gutta percha insulated cable, 1863-7

1863-7

Gold watch by John Gibson, Royal Exchange

1808

Watch with four outer cases, made by Edward Prior for the Turkish export market

1800

Spring-detent escapement watch in a gold case by Reid & Co. London

1807

Watch with Prest's keyless winding by John Roger Arnold

1821

Spring-detent escapement watch with gold case by John Barwise

1800

Compass

1800

Under-painted horn pair cased watch by George Flote

1800

Gold watch by Recordon

1807

Silver one-minute tourbillon watch by Abraham-Louis Breguet, sold to the Princess de Valençay in 1812.

1812

A skeleton clock designed to represent the terrestial globe by Henry Gratte

1800

A Royal watch by Samuel Houston

1807

Gold watch by Robert Roskell

1814

Marine chronometer by John Arnold

1802

Eight-day marine chronometer by Barrauds, London

1816

Marine chronometer by Brockbanks

1802

Pocket globe in case by Dudley Adams

1799-1802

Five wooden molecular model balls

circa 1810

East Indiaman Herefordshire

1815

Half-penny coin

1799

Half-penny coin

1806

Cylinder electrical machine, 1810-1817

1810-1817

Divers Projets

1798

Letter opener with calendar and map, 1893-1894

1893-4

Souscription watch, by Abraham-Louis Breguet

1805

'Souscription' watch by Abraham-Louis Breguet

1800

Automaton watch by Jean Robert Soret

1812

Watch with enamel case made for the Turkish market

1805-1815

Quarter-repeating gold watch by Abraham-Louis Breguet

circa 1808

Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

2000-100 BCE

Copy of Chamberlen obstetric forceps

1813

model steam locomotive

1826

Conjectural model of Trevithick's locomotive 'Catch-me-who-can'

1808

Dr. Witherings botanical microscope

1801

model Stockton & Darlington Railway coach "Experiment"

1826

Boundary marker from Stockton & Darlington Railway

circa 1821-1825

Chaldron wagon, Stockton & Darlington Railway

1815-1825

Bridge used to span the River Gaunless at West Auckland

1823-1825

Steam locomotive used at Hetton Colliery

1822

Marine barometer by R.B. Bate

mid-1800s

Sycamore (wood) case with lid, for the Mark of Alicante from the Castlereagh Collection

1800-1818

Pair-cased pocket watch in pinchbeck and leather outer casing with verge escapement

1705-1737

Repeating watch movement by Vulliamy

1800

Gold watch with the owner's name in place of hour numbers, by William Hardy

1820